Philanthropy

Bill Gates Re-Affirms Commitment to Polio Eradication in Nigeria

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates met with Nigerian officials on Monday in Abuja to discuss progress made on the ambition for absolute eradication of polio in Nigeria by mid-decade. He met with President Goodluck Jonathan, members of the House of Representatives,

Ay Donates Car to Project27 Charity

Enterprising comedian and film producer AY showed his compassionate side when, on return from his first movie shoot in Atlanta, USA, he donated a Toyota Solara to Project27 Africa – a rural child NGO based in Lagos. Receiving the keys

EKOCENTER Delivers Safe Access to Water and Other Necessities to Communities

Today, more than 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and approximately 2.5 billion don’t have adequate sanitation, making billions of people around the world vulnerable to disease and other development challenges. To help provide communities in need

First Bank Plc Donates N44m for Sports Facilities in Schools

First Bank of Nigeria Plc, in its bid to strengthen sports development and enhance student health and well-being through physical recreational activities in secondary schools, has donated sporting facilities totaling N44 million to Queens and Kings College Lagos. The bank,

UBA Foundation Donates Incubators to Teaching Hospitals

  To give as many premature babies as possible a chance of living, the UBA Foundation recently donated incubators to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, adding to its list of

Microsoft Office 365 for Nonprofits now in Kenya, Nigeria

Microsoft has announced the launch of Office 365 for non-profits software programmes in Nigeria and Kenya. The Office 365 for Nonprofits provides NGOs and nonprofit organisations with access to Microsoft’s Office cloud service, which is tailored to the needs of

DHL Nigeria Hosts Children from Little Saints Orphanage

DHL Nigeria marked the 2013 Global Volunteer Day with 100 employees taking part in organizing an outdoor fun day for children from the Little Saints orphanage. This, according to DHL, is part of its global drive to give back to

Tony Elumelu Awarded ‘African Business Icon’

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has been awarded as the winner of the African Business Icon Award by African Business Magazine, a United Kingdom based publication. The awards, which was held 20th September at the Mandarin

Mobile Money: Ecobank to Handout MDG Subventions

Ecobank has been appointed to partner The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme to assist less-privileged families with monthly social subventions. The programme will disburse

Tosin Jegede Foundation Gets Boost from JUMIA To Deliver Free Books To Pupils

The ‘1 Child, 1 Book’ initiative by Tosin Jegede Foundation has just received a boost from Jumia Nigeria, one of the fast-growing e-commerce companies in the country. The partnership is meant to promote the reading culture in Lagos State by

Trafficked into Labour, a Young Girl Tries to Regain What She’s Lost

Blessing’s story is short, and it has many holes, simply because she doesn’t remember much of her life – at least the part before she came to Lagos, West Africa’s biggest metropolis. Years ago, she left her native Ghana with

Mara Foundation Enters Partnership with the Presidency to Empower Young Entrepreneurs in Nigeria

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and Ashish J. Thakkar, founder of Mara Group and Mara Foundation, have jointly announced their partnership to launch Mara Mentor for the purpose of offering support to

EU Donates €14.25 Million to Nigeria for Water and Sanitation

The European Union (EU) has donated €14.25 million to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector in Nigeria through UNICEF. Mr Kanan Nadar, the UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Chief made this known in an interview withe the News Agency of

Polio Survivors Strive for a Polio-free Nigeria

Karima Usman is 38 years old. Today, she struggles to peddle her tricycle with her hands as she navigates the rain-lashed bylanes of Yamma-II ward of the Katsina Local Government Area (LGA) in this northern Nigerian state. Ms. Usman contracted

The Tony Elumelu Foundation To Support More Tech Startups In Nigeria

With a mission to assist technology start-ups in solving more local problems, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is upgrading its commitment for Seed Funding to Tech Startups in Nigeria through the ccHub. The Founder, Tony Elumelu said, “the foundation will

Tony Elumelu Fellow Profile: Ada Osakwe, Business Expertise for Effective Government

Last November, in keeping with the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan and the resolve by the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, to steer the agricultural sector away from the age-long practice that sees it

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